It may have simple origins, but Race with Devil on Spanish Highway is a true feat of guitar acrobatics (though Di Meola has always pushed back on those who refer to it as an example of proto-shred).

The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls will be hosting a performance by guitarist Al Di Meola. The concert is set for May 4 at 8 p.m. More than 100,000 people are under evacuation orders in California ...

But really, the whole basis of the song is that riff, which was inspired by the Kinks,” Al Di Meola told Guitar Player in 2020, in reference to his 1977 guitar opus, Race with Devil on Spanish ...